New Zealand - Waikato
- Waikato River in Flood, a general view looking north
- 19/7/1923
- M. Walden Photographer
- Originally published in "The Auckland Weekly News"
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Waikato River
- The longest river in New Zealand, running for 425 kilometres (264 mi) through the North Island
- It rises in the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, joining the Tongariro River system and flowing through Lake Taupo.
- It empties into the Tasman Sea south of Auckland, at Port Waikato.
- It gives its name to the Waikato Region that surrounds the Waikato Plains.
- The present course of the river was largely formed about 17,000 years ago.
- The river's main tributary is the Waipa River, which has its confluence with the Waikato at Ngaruawahia.
- The name Waikato comes from the Māori language and translates as flowing water.
(source - Wikipedia)